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Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
Steve Sheinkin
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck
ISBN: 978-1-250-26572-2
Keywords: WWII, concentration camps, resistance
Two Slovakian teens risked their lives: he, to escape the horrors in Nazi concentration camps and warn the world; she, to survive and aid the Resistance. Maps, extensive back matter. Mature content